About:Blank is the most insidious and biggest adware
problem currently on the net, because it has 100's of variants and is
nearly impossible to remove... I said nearly...
How To Finally Annihilate About:Blank Parasites... Even If
You Have Given Up Hope And Are Considering Starting From
Scratch With A New Hard Disk
At The Very Worst, It Will Cost You Less
Than $30 To Definitively Axe Your Rude, Invasive, Virtual
Parasites... And Regain Full Control Of Your PC. You Might Even Get
Lucky And Get Rid Of The Problem For Free.
I'll Show You How...
If you have About:Blank infiltrated into your PC, then
you know what a royal pain in the butt it is! Good news! You're about to
learn how to nuke the sucker!...
How Do You Know That You Have The About:Blank Hijacker Messing Up Your PC?
This problem can be caused by various means, as there are literally
100s of variants of About:Blank, but usually the problem is caused by a
browser hijacker. If your browser always opens
About:Blank and you cannot change it permanently, then you probably have a
browser hijacker infection on your PC.
Browser hijackers are programs that usually stealth install and change
the web browser's default home page, effectively making you a virtual
prisoner of a website. It may also install an unwanted toolbar on your web
browser and/or spawn pop-up advertising. The "pirate owner" of the browser
hijacker earns revenue from the advertisements displayed on the infected
PC... a.k.a. virtual, blood-sucking leeches (that's an insult to
leeches)...
You are probably getting sick and tired of having a hijacked
browser that...
1. Replaces your home page with a new one titled
"about:blank". This page contains a pseudo-search engine with
various directory "shopping" subjects. Note: The hijacker earns money
when you click on these directory links.
2. Installs a Browser Helper Object into Internet
Explorer. This BHO consumes system resources and slows down
your internet connection.
3. Restores itself after its file directory is
deleted.
4. Restores its registry settings once they have been
deleted.
5. Is difficult to remove from memory.
6. Starts with the operating system. If you remove
it from the auto-start settings, it will restore itself there.
7. Later versions change their executable to avoid
detection by the simple hash recognition algorithms that most
anti-spyware products use.
8. May also store executable code in your temporary internet
explorer files.
Might Be Caused By A Sinister Worm...
The Love Letter Worm is another culprit for setting the default home
page to About:Blank. Worms and viruses are self-replicating programs that
travel from computer to computer by various means.
Both can be very destructive, but the main difference between them is
that viruses insert themselves into files whereas worms replace files. The
Love Letter Worm can be removed by anti-virus programs and by some
anti-spyware programs. We'll get to that.
Activities associated with spyware and browser hijackers like
About:Blank are now prohibited by a bill approved by the US House of
Representatives:
SPY ACT
I-SPY ACT
Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to stop its vast propagation, and
these Acts certainly won't eliminate this nasty bugger off of your
machine! But at least the government recognizes the vastness of this
problem.
How To Get Rid Of About:Blank, Maybe For Free...
Step One - You might get lucky
and have an older variant of About:Blank, this might allow you to get rid
of it with free resources. It's worth trying, but don't count on it -
About:Blank is nasty, with 100s of variants. You might chop one "head" and
find another that takes its place!
1) The very first thing you need to do is scan your system with
a variety of different tools to successfully locate and remove the
infection. The About:Blank home page problem can be caused by
spyware, browser hijackers and even computer worm infections, that's why
you need to cover your bases with different tools.
* Scan your system with your anti-virus program, but
make sure you have the latest update. This step may catch a very
small percentage of About:Blank problems.
* Free scan with ParetoLogic's XoftSpySE anti-spyware to locate any
spyware (register for $39.90 to remove spyware). This will
detect a broad spectrum of spyware, worms and browser hijackers known to cause about:blank hijacks.
* Also do a free scan with CWShredder - CWShredder specializes in removing CoolWWWSearch spyware.
2) Once the About:Blank hijacker is completely
removed, reboot your PC and follow the normal procedure to change
the browser home page. In Internet Explorer, click the browser's Tools
> Internet Options and then update the address for the default home
page.
If this first attempt doesn't work, or you want About:Blank to
disappear now, no messing around, do this...
Definitive Step To Nuke About:Blank...
About:blank removal can be extremely troublesome and
can persist (a hidden component can re-install it later) so if you do
run into any difficulties removing About:Blank with CWShredder or XoftSpySE, XoftSpySE's Customer Support
Team can and will assist you one-on-one to get rid of it safely and
definitively.
You have to be a purchasing customer of XoftSpySE to get access
to their customer support, but they will eliminate the problem for
you.
Just click on one of the links below, purchase XoftSpySE, and get personal
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-- XoftSpySE's customer support does guarantee 100% success in eliminating About:Blank or they will give you a full refund.
There are other anti-spyware programs on the market, but they all run into
problems. Most don't seem to be effective at removing the about:blank hijacker problem.
XoftSpySE does not use the older out-dated anti-virus techniques employed by other anti-spyware programs.
Spyware is a modern threat and requires specialized methods for detection and repair.
XoftSpySE has excellent customer service and will help you,
one-on-one to find and eliminate your About:Blank problem - it's a
miniscule investment to gain full control of your PC again.
I sincerely hope the info on this page helps you to free your PC (and
keep it free) of these darn About:Blank parasites!
Take my word for it, go to the ParetoLogic Site and let the Pros help you. In the end, you'll
honestly save time and money.
My warmest regards,
Wayne Davis
P.S. Please feel free to
personally if you have any questions.
P.P.S. XoftSpySE is also constantly being upgraded to annihilate more of these pests as they come to light. The last update was 19th June 2008 (program v4.33, database v298).